High Seas Adventure

Today was not an ordinary day.

Today was a an extraordinary adventure.

My sister invited the boys over to sail the 

High Seas in search of hidden treasure.

The boys were only too happy to accept the invitation.

Meet the crew:

Peg Leg Roo

One Eyed Kit

Black Beard Bo

Salty Bandit Rocco

And Captain Blue 

They arrived and boarded the ship,

studied the map and found their first clue.

And then they were off, 

dashing here and there,

collecting clues.

until the scallywags found X marks the spot.

A little digging and they were greatly rewarded.

They looted the treasure and then what 

...would a pirate boy do next?

Eat.

They dined on Pirate Treats 

and filled their bellies after a hard days work.

And they each left with a box full of treasure.

Auntie Cake sure made our day special.

So a HUGE thanks to my Pirate sister for such a fun day!

Nobody does adventure like her.

Ahoy Mateys!

Everyday Adventure

This summer my boys have fallen deep in love 

with fishing.

It's all they want to do.

After the lines are all untangled 

and we get through the first 5 minutes of, 

"Hey! You almost poked my eye out!" 

&

"Who hooked my shirt? Get it out!"

Then, they settle in.

No one even cares if they catch the biggest,

or the smallest.

And the sweetest conversations & teamwork happen.

It's magical & peaceful until:

"Mom!!!  My pole is stuck up in tree!"

(the tree that is so tall I couldn't fit it in the picture)

Then, the peacefulness is gone,

 because we are laughing too hard.

Until we cut that baby down.

(the pole, not the tree)

One thing for sure...

when you travel with a pack of boys,

everyday there is an adventure.

The Ugly Sweater

Roo is my elf all year round.  

If I'm cooking, he's chopping.

If I'm crafting, he's gluing.  

If Kelly is fixing, he's hammering.  

So when his class announced a: 

"Make an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest." 

I knew he'd be all hands-on.

Everyday he would get home from Kindergarten 

and ask me if I had picked up his supplies.

The problem was I was picking up 

lots and lots of supplies but had no plan.

Even picking up fabric with no clue what it would become.  

2 days to go and still nothing.

Finally, we just pulled it all out 

and made the one thing that has everything!

Lucky for me, Roo can run a hot glue gun 

like nobody's business.

He's happiest when he's gluing.

And then, we went mad, 

and supplies started flying everywhere 

until we had the perfect ugliest sweater.

And he was happy as could be.

(as all elves should be)

And he was pretty excited that he tied for first place.

He got a whopping 2 votes. :)

I better go try to catch him.

Wish me luck.